Re: Skewed tilt on shoe mount flashes
- From: "Pat" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 15 Sep 2006 08:51:52 -0700
andyj1011@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
If this is obvious sorry, but...
I have noticed folks using the shoe-mount flashes with a skewed tilt.
Usually, when you point the head up, it is for bounce flash, or when
you just need a little catch light only, it is nice to angle it up with
a business card to throw just a wee bit of light....
But I see people with the flash up at an angle (say 45 or 60 degrees),
but with the flash head turned slightly (usually to the left) - as if
you'd want something bounced partially off a ceiling and partially off
a side wall......but they seem to use the flash in this position even
outdoors. What's up with that?
Now that I think about it, I see people using flash with a diffuser
with the flash head pointed backwards too. What's up there?
You know a lot of strange people.
When you point it straight up and tape on a "business card" it isn't to
provide lighting. It is so you see the reflection of the flash in the
person's eye. It adds a lot to the picture.
Pointing up outside is unusual. My guess is that they have a really
big flash and they are trying to bounce it off the moon (or low cloud
cover).
Backwards? If inside they might be trying to bounce off a wall behind
them for diffusion. Also for close-ups and macro, it is sometimes
necessary because of the distance from the flash to the lense -- so you
bounce off the ceiling (which requires you to bounce it behind you).
Otherwise, I think the photographer may have hit the punch bowl one too
many times.
(Unless it's a wedding photography and he/she is trying to screw with
the people crowding in behind him/her)
.
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